Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
IGOR STRAVINSKYIs it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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The performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
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I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
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Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody’s piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa Lobos?
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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